How to say "heavy-hearted" in Japanese

• 気重きおも
  na-adjective, nounCovers the heavy-hearted sense itself: feeling low and dreading something ahead. It is essentially a compact one-word version of 気が重い, and being less common it is seldom the word learners need.
• 気が重いきがおもい
  expression, i-adjectiveThe fuller phrase, covering heavy-hearted as well as depressed, dispirited and feeling down; often describes dreading a task or event ahead. Though itself less common, this is usually the more useful choice of the two.
  やらなくてはならないことが多おおかったので、私は気きが重おもい。↗

  I feel depressed because there were a lot of things I had to do.

Both are less common ways to say heavy-hearted; pick 「気が重い」 when you also mean depressed, dispirited or feeling down, and 気重 when you want a compact single-word version of the same feeling.

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• 気重きおもheavy-hearted
• 気が重いきがおもいheavy-hearted